Arts

HSG105

2010  HSG105  The New Global Politics

Unit Level: Introductory

Available as a Student Elective: Yes

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OFFERINGS

Unit Sem 1 Sem 2 Full Yr Spring Summer Winter HSG105 H,L Distance(H,L,W,I,N) Key Semester Dates Semester Note Start Date Census Date Final WW Date* End Date Sem 1 22-FEB-2010 23-MAR-2010 12-APR-2010 28-MAY-2010 *The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (see Withdrawal dates explained for more information). This unit can be taken in other courses About Census Dates

DESCRIPTION

Politics is everywhere. It shapes our ideas, our cultures and societies, the way we do business, and the way we manage our societies. Politics can be found in small groups of people, to communities, nation-states, and the globe as a whole. It causes wars, inequality and violence, but it can also produce justice, peace and stability.

One of the major themes in politics is conflict: it can be a struggle over power, over resources, over public opinion, or over peoples' rights. Typically we analyse politics at a specific level: by examining local, regional, national and international politics. But recently the boundaries seem to have become blurred. We talk much more today about global issues that need global solutions. Thanks to the Internet we can consider ourselves part of a global 'village' or community; and yet we face a host of new global challenges. These range from war and terrorism to human rights, from environmental dangers to pandemic diseases, from the way our political institutions work to the culture and values we develop in our societies.

Are we therefore on the verge of a new 'global politics'? In examining some of the key arenas where politics can be found, this unit aims to help us understand the world in which we live in today, and the forces that will shape it in the future.

WEIGHT:  12.5%

ASSESSMENT: 2,000-word essay (30%), 500-word paper (10%), tutorial assessment (10%), 2-hr end-of-sem exam (50%)

TEACHING PATTERN: int: 2 lectures, 1 tutorial weekly (13 wks); dist.ed: web-based delivery (13 weeks)

FLEXIBLE & ONLINE STUDY OPTIONS
Note: Class attendance may still be required

   Web supported - H,L
Online access to some part of this unit online is optional
   Fully online - I,N,W
This unit is taught entirely online
   Resource supported teaching & learning - H,I,L,N,W
Additional resources are provided for your optional use; e.g. audio taped lectures
About Flexible Study Options

REQUISITE INFO

M.Excl

HSA101, HSA102, HSD101, HSD102

TEXTS
Information about any textbook requirements for Semester (Sem 1) will be available from mid November 2009

STAFF: TBA (Coordinator, Hbt), Dr Fred Gale (Coordinator, Ltn and dist.ed.)

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